West Coast Mission: Day 14

We wanted a full day in Karijini so we'd decided to spend tonight at a free camp near Tom Price and get an early start on the park the next day. The trouble was we didn't know how to spend today but I'd developed a habit of handing my map book and a highlighter to other travellers who'd been where we were going and someone had highlighted Hammersley Gorge so we stocked up on supplies and headed there for the afternoon armed with a bag of goon, an iPod and some speakers.

Hammersley Gorge is wicked, its a perfect place to disturb the peace. I have to admit, the water is a wee bit chilly but once you've apologised in advance for potentially knocking people out with your nipples you can relax and just enjoy the tunes, the goon and the company.

By the time we got off the unsealed road that lead away from the gorge it was dark and I couldn't find the first free site option so we headed to a place called Halfway Bridge where I circled round a tree. I realised the car wasn't actually going anywhere and there was a somewhat disconcerting grinding noise.

That would be the six large rocks in a ditch I'd managed to drive into then. There was a 4WD and a caravan on another corner of the site so we figured that if it came to it maybe they'd tow us out after most of the rocks had been pulled out. We sent Craig over to talk to the guy with the words, "Go on, you're Australian, it'll sound better coming from you."

It didn't. The guy was an arse. We managed to get the rocks out the next day anyway and the Falcon had enough power to pull itself out.

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Koala Bear on May 15, 2007 from Tom Price, Australia

from the travel blog: Sod Off Great Big Mission Round Oz

tagged RoadTrip, LovinIt and WestCoast

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